Device for securing table-legs.



G. W. STOLL & G. H. DRECHSEL. DEVICE FOR SECURING TABLE LEGS.

APPLICATION HLED MAR-1| I919.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

mu NImRIs PETERS m. Pnonrurnm. WASHINGIUA' rinrrn s rains GEORGE W.STOLL AND GEORGE E. DREGHSEL, F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

DEVICE FOR SECURING TABLE-LEGS.

Leonora.

Specification of Letters latent. Patented A111. 22, 11919.

Application filed March 1, 1919. Serial No. 280,068.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known thatwe, GEORGE W. S'roLL and GEORGE H. Dnnoirsnt, citizensof the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in

the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new andusefullmprovements in Devices for Securing Table- Legs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain means for attaching legs to tables andlike articles of furniture; and the object of the invention consists inproviding a simple and inexpensive means whereby table legs can beeasily and readily attached to table tops, irrespective of slightdiflerences in size that may be found to exist in tenons on the legs,thereby obviating the necessity of making and carrying a variety ofdiflerent sizes of the devices in stock.

We accomplish the above object of the invention by means of theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a parthereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the devicesfor attaching table legs, shown in an inverted position. Fig. 2 is a topor plan view of the device as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of one of the de vices attached to a table top, the partsbeing shown in an inverted position. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of amodified form of one of the devices which is adapted to secure a tenonthat is round in cross section.

Referring to the drawings, the device for attaching legs to table topscomprises in part a metal plate which is bent transversely at 9 to forma back-member 10 and a sidemember 12; thence being bent at 13 to form afront-member 14, and then bent at 15 to provide a wing 16. When thedevice is in operative position back-member 1O rests against the innerface of a depending flange 18 which is attached to the underside oftable top 19. Back-member 10 is secured to flange 18 by means of a screw20 passing through an aperture 21 in an integral tongue 23 cut and bentfrom side-member 12, said tongue being bent to coincide with the innersurface of flange 18. The free end of back-member 10-is secured toflange 18 by means of screws 27 passing through one of a series ofapertures 28 in back-member 10, and the additional object of theseapertures will be hereinafter described.

The side of the device opposite sidenncmber 12 is formed independentlyand comprises a metal plate 30 which is bent near one end to provide thetransverse foot 31 to rest against the adjacent face of back-member 10.Side-member 30 is bent transversely at 33 to form a front-member 34, andis again bent at 35 to provide a wing 36 standing parallel with wing 16.These wings 16 and 36 are provided with alined apertures 38 throughwhich clamping-bolts 39 pass and by which side-members 16 and 36 areclamped tightly against the opposite sides of the tenon of the tableleg. Any variation that may be found to exist in the width of the tenonson the legs is overcome by moving side-member 30 in the proper directionalong the surface of back-member 10 and securing said side-member 30 bypassing the screws 27 through foot 31 and the proper aperture 28 of theseries in said back-member 10. After the tenon of a table leg isproperly secured in the device the latter may then be fixed to theunderside of table top 19 by means of the screws 40 which pass throughapertures 41 and 42 in the cars 43 and 44 bent out from side-members 16and 36, while the front end of the device is secured to the table top bymeans of the screws 47 passing through apertures 48 in ears 49 which areformed out of a part of the wings 16 and 36.

Fig. 4 shows one of the devices having a circular formation for securinga leg having a tenon which is round in cross section. In the latterconstruction the device is blanked out as a unitary structure in whichthe free ends terminate in a pair of wings 55 and 56, and these in turnterminate in the laterally disposed ears 57 carrying apertures 58through which suitable screws pass into the underside of the table top.On opposite sides and near the rear a pair of 0ppositely disposed ears60 is cut and bent out of the body of the device as shown, and the cars60 are provided with apertures 61 through which screws are passed forsecuring the device to flange 18 of the table top 19.

The present device is so simple that further description is deemedunnecessary.

Having thus fully described our said in vention, what we desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A table leg attaching device comprising a plate bent to provide aback, side, front member and a clamping-wing, integrally formed ears onsaid plate for securing the latter to the tabletop, an adjustable sidel'ne'rnbei .sil'sc'eptible of adjustment along the face of the back forvarying; the distance between the side members of the device, and meansfor impinging the side members of the device against the tenon Of" thetable leg.

2. A table leg attaching device compris ing a plate forming the back,one" side, a

front member and- 2t chvmpingrwing, ears formed by cutting and bending?the metal from the plate tori securing the latter to' the table, anindependently formed side-member forming: a part of the leg secn ring.device, fr'lzilis' fl (it'dj'fisfibly seeming the" independentside-member t0 the back member of the device, and means for adjustablyconnecting the free ends of the side members togethell InWitnesswhereof, We have hereunto set our hands and seals atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 21st day of February, A; D.- one" thousandnine hundred end nineteen.-

GEORGE W: :n. s]? GEORGE DREOH'SEL: [1/a s; ]1

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